Sidi El Abed

سيدي العابد

Rural commune in the cercle of Karia Ba Mohamed, province of Taounate, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
11,240
Since 2014
−10.1%from 12,505 in 2014
Density
118people per km², 94.9 km²
Households
2,096
Rank
653653rd most populous of 1,503 communes27th of 49 in its province

Next door in Louadaine, 41.0% of households have running water. Here, it’s 9.7%.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Meskoura. Household size: 5.4 here, 5.2 there; unemployment: 7.6% here, 5.0% there; running water: 9.7% here, 10.9% there.

Compare it with Meskoura

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Sidi El Abed.

Sidi El Abed −10.1%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
48.3%aged 10 and over57.3% in 201461.8% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
7.6%5.7% in 201424.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
42.4%aged 15 and over50.1% in 20141.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
90.1%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.99children per woman2.32 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
5.8%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
5.4people on average6.2 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
9.7%of settled households0.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Sidi El Abed: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.4%75 and over3.9%
2.7%70–742.7%
2.7%65–692.7%
3.7%60–644.7%
3.4%55–593.5%
4.1%50–544.4%
4.7%45–495.0%
5.8%40–445.7%
6.9%35–396.0%
7.3%30–346.3%
7.3%25–295.6%
8.7%20–247.3%
9.0%15–199.9%
10.3%10–1411.2%
10.2%5–910.5%
9.9%0–410.6%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Darija98.7%
  • Tachelhit0.2%
  • Tamazight0.0%
  • Tarifit0.0%
  • Hassania0.0%
More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic99.8%
  • French34.6%
  • English4.7%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.2%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot48.1%
  • Animal16.8%
  • Private car16.4%
  • Informal transport9.4%
  • Employer’s transport5.9%
  • Bus1.5%
  • Doesn’t travel to work1.0%
  • Taxi0.5%
  • Bike or motorcycle0.3%
  • Another way0.2%
  • Train0.0%
  • Tram0.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
15113.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
4831.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
501.0 per business
Public services
103
Associations
0in premises of their own
More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce64.6%
  • Industry20.8%
  • Services14.6%
  • Construction0.0%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person97.9%
  • 2 to 32.1%
  • 4 to 90.0%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later10.4%
  • 2011–201947.9%
  • 2001–201027.1%
  • 1991–200012.5%
  • 1981–19902.1%
  • 1956–19800.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Douars

Sidi El Abed’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 44 douars in 3 fractions, with 11,240 people. What each figure counts

DouarKindHouseholdsPeopleDistance from home, km
Paved roadPrimary schoolHealth centre
الكرادسةLakradssa10 douars · 4,056 people
اولاد اعمارةOulad AmaraGrouped21133———
الكرادسةLakradssaIn parts2621,6902.11.111.7
هوارةHouaraIn parts1408340.60.97.1
اولاد بوعزةOulad BouazzaGrouped622940.82.413.0
اولاد الياقوتOulad YaqoutGrouped841———
سيدي العابدSidi El AbedIn parts452232.73.614.4
اولاد بوديابOulad Bou DyabIn parts321452.03.29.3
بوعبيدانBoubidaneGrouped942———
شريانCharianeGrouped663246.90.216.1
الكرارمةKrarmaGrouped543307.02.017.0
سيدي العابدSidi El Abed12 douars · 3,281 people
القورعEl KouraGrouped804341.02.95.0
بني امطرفBni MtrefGrouped693971.01.04.7
اولاد قاسمOulad KacemGrouped402171.21.06.1
اولاد احمدOulad AhmedGrouped317———
اكريطاتKrittateGrouped813901.80.96.0
الخربةLkherbaGrouped418———
كدارةGueddaraGrouped22110———
اشكاردةAchkardaGrouped432031.01.22.8
القريشينLaqrichiyineGrouped583210.50.613.6
اولاد عبد اللهOulad AbdellahGrouped321895.00.516.0
اولاد بالغOulad BalerghGrouped392563.00.720.0
اولاد الزينOulad ZineGrouped1447293.91.019.9
سيدي عثمانSidi Othmane22 douars · 3,903 people
التشيشاتEttachichatGrouped27135———
اولاد احمدOulad MohamedGrouped20104———
الزويناتZouinateGrouped28156———
اولاد منصورOulad MansourGrouped1688———
اولاد بن عيادOulad Ben AyadGrouped22125———
اولاد علي بن عليOulad Ali Ben AliGrouped311701.01.15.1
اولاد دحوOulad DahouDispersed311740.91.06.6
اتوامةAtouamaGrouped392447.01.07.0
الكلايخEl KlaykhGrouped26149———
القليعةKliaaGrouped382156.81.06.7
اولاد بن عزوزOulad Ben AzzouzGrouped1971———
الحورشEl HorchIn parts763427.91.18.7
بني يعكوبBni AgoubGrouped28124———
مالياتLmaliyatGrouped1370———
عمارةAmaraGrouped936———
الحيطيةEl HitiaIn parts392014.02.84.0
اولاد البعيويOulad El BaiouyGrouped1458———
الغراسلةLeghraslaGrouped321551.01.01.3
اعزيب الحموميAazibe Al HammoumiIn parts693361.51.54.1
الولجةAl OualjaGrouped1225691.01.04.1
الدوميةDoumiaGrouped562491.01.04.7
اولاد ناصرOulad NacerGrouped27132———

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code
Code
03.531.05.17
As digits
035310517
Slug
sidi-el-abed
OpenStreetMap
2755085
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("sidi-el-abed");

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